Sealed Air Corporation [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NYSE: SEE) announced it has appointed James M. Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan most recently served as the Executive Vice President and CFO of Joy Global from 2012 to 2017. He previously served as the CFO of Solutia from 2004 until its acquisition by Eastman Chemical Company in 2012. Prior to that, Sullivan spent five years as Solutia’s Vice President and Controller. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jason Industries. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has terminated the employment of William G. Stiehl as Chief Financial Officer for cause.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. [FINDLAY, Ohio] (NYSE: MPC) announced that Donald C. Templin, currently MPC’s president of Refining, Marketing and Supply, has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1. Templin replaces Timothy T. Griffith as chief financial officer, after Griffith was appointed president of MPC subsidiary Speedway LLC. Templin joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2011, and also became chief financial officer of MPLX GP LLC in 2012. Since 2015, he has led segments of MPC’s commercial business, most recently serving as president of Refining, Marketing and Supply since 2018, and as President of MPLX GP LLC from 2016 to 2017.

Matthew DeNezza

Meritage Midstream [DENVER] announced that Matthew DeNezza has joined the company as chief financial officer. DeNezza joined Meritage after serving approximately six years as chief financial officer at Eclipse Resources Corporation. Prior to Eclipse, he served in the Global Natural Resources Group at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Anthony Tramontana

Baretz+Brunelle [NEW YORK] announced the hiring of Anthony Tramontana as its chief financial officer. Tramontana most recently was worldwide controller at WPP Coretech, a business unit of the publicly owned agency holding company WPP. Tramontana began his career at the international accounting and consulting firm BDO (Seidman) and later became executive vice president at Havas Health.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. [WARSAW, Ind.] (NYSE: ZBH) announced that Daniel P. Florin will be retiring as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective July 1, 2019. Suketu (Suky) Upadhyay has been appointed to succeed Mr. Florin. Upadhyay currently serves as Senior Vice President, Global Financial Operations of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Endo International. In addition, Mr. Upadhyay previously held leadership positions at Becton Dickinson & Company as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and as Interim Chief Financial Officer. He has also held leadership roles with Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca.

Distribution Realty Group (DRG) [NASHVILLE, TENN.] announced that Nichole Ocepek has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining DRG, Ms. Ocepek began her career in public accounting with RSM McGladrey before moving on to become the CFO of the Arena Football League. Most recently, Nichole was the CFO/Co-Founder of Loom Decor, which was sold in 2018.

Kevin J. Deardorff

Waldrop Engineering [BONITA SPRINGS, FLA.] announced the addition of Kevin J. Deardorff as Chief Financial Officer to the team. Kevin has more than 17 years of professional experience working with developers, contractors, and professional consultants throughout the state of Florida.

Digital Guardian [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced the appointment of Susan Walker as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Walker joins from Telestream, where she held dual roles as CFO and chief operating officer. Before that, she served CFO/finance roles at Avention, Aspen Aerogels and Novell.

Joanne C. Crevoiserat

Tapestry, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TPR) announced the appointment of Joanne C. Crevoiserat, as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 1, 2019. Crevoiserat joins from Abercrombie & Fitch Co., where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2017 to June 2019. She joined Abercrombie & Fitch in May 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Abercrombie & Fitch, she served in a number of senior management roles at Kohl’s Inc. including Executive Vice President of Finance and Executive Vice President of Merchandise Planning and Allocation. Prior to her time with Kohl’s, Ms. Crevoiserat held senior finance positions with Wal-Mart Stores and May Department Stores, including Chief Financial Officer of the Filene’s, Foley’s and Famous-Barr Brands. Ms. Crevoiserat replaces Kevin Wills, who departed from Tapestry in February 2019. Andrea Shaw Resnick, who has held the position of Interim CFO since that time, will continue as Global Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications.

EXUMA Biotechnology [SHANGHAI & WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.] announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of James Samuels as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as the CFO of Vetsource. Previously, he served as the CFO of Fusheng Industrial. Additionally, he has held various CFO roles at Johnson & Johnson operating companies in Asia-Pacific in the areas of medical devices, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. Prior to leaving Johnson & Johnson, Samuels served as CFO of Xian-Janssen, Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical joint-venture in China.

Williams Lea [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Dan O’Brien as Chief Financial Officer. O’Brien most recently served as Global CFO for Sterling Talent Solutions. Prior to Sterling, he held CFO roles with Jackson Hewett, Hawaiian Telecom, Global Crossing, Genuity Corporation and GTE.

Favor [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the promotion of Steven Pho to president from chief financial officer and chief operating officer.

Neato Robotics [NEWARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Bruce McAllister as the new CFO. Previously, McAllister held leadership positions at Zepp International (acquired by Huami), Evergreen Data Systems, Parts Distribution Services (acquired by GPC) and Sensiba San Filippo, LLP as a CPA and consultant. McAllister has been acting Interim Chief Financial Officer at Neato since March 2019.

Falcon Minerals Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: FLMN, FLMNW) announced that the Company has appointed Bryan C. Gunderson as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gunderson most recently served as Executive Vice President – Finance of Nine Point Energy. Prior to Nine Point Energy, Mr. Gunderson served as Vice President of the Office of the CEO of Triangle Petroleum. Gunderson also previously served as an Associate in the Energy Financial Services division of General Electric and as a Financial Analyst in the Global Upstream division of Chevron. Jeffrey F. Brotman, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer and will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Legal Officer and Secretary.

NEO Tech [CHATSWORTH, Calif.] announced the appointment of David Martin joins the NEO Tech organization as its new Chief Financial Officer. Martin previously served as CFO for Dimensional Fund Advisors, Janus Capital Group, and several additional banking roles and brings over 30 years of experience to the position.

HBC [TORONTO & NEW YORK] (TSX: HBC) announced that its Chief Financial Officer Ed Record will be taking a medical leave of absence. In his absence, the company has appointed Becky Roof as Interim CFO. Roof is currently a managing director at the global consulting firm AlixPartners, LLP.

TTN Fleet Solutions [ARGYLE, Texas] , announced the hiring of Todd Neiberger as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TTN, Neiberger served for seven years as Chief Financial Officer of Magpul Industries. Prior to Magpul Industries, Todd was the Chief Financial Officer of Kroll Factual Data for 16 years.

Debbie Freeman

Navy Federal Credit Union [VIENNA, Va.] announced that Debbie Freeman has been named chief financial officer. Freeman started her career at Navy Federal nearly 20 years ago. Most recently, Freeman served as senior VP for financial operations, and before that she served in a variety of positions including senior financial accountant, assistant vice president of credit card lending and vice president of corporate accounting.

Arthur J. Long

WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems [EL SEGUNDO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Arthur J. (AJ) Long as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining WASH, Long held several executive leadership roles with companies such as Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Mitchell International, Qualcomm Incorporated, Sprint Corporation and General Dynamics. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer at Kellermeyer Bergensons Services.

Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. [WOBURN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TYPE) announced that Anthony Callini will step down effective July 1, 2019, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to serve as Chief Financial Officer at a private company. Christopher Brooks, Monotype’s Senior Vice President, Finance will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis. Brooks, Senior Vice President, has served as the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations since 2016, as the Company’s Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations from 2015 to 2016, as the Company’s Director, Financial Planning and Analysis from 2008 to 2014, and as the Company’s Financial Planning and Analysis Manager from 2005 to 2008.

NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EMERYVILLE, Calif.] (NYSE American: NBY) announced the appointment of Jason Raleigh as Chief Financial Officer. Raleigh has served as interim CFO since March 2019. Raleigh has been with NovaBay for more than three years and has nearly 20 years of financial experience.

Air T, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS and DENVER] (NASDAQ: AIRT) announced that it has appointed Brian Ochocki as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, effective July 8, 2019. Ochocki previously served for seven years in various finance positions at Northwest Airlines, Inc. before working with Holiday Companies for 13 years in both finance and operational roles. Prior to these positions, Mr. Ochocki was at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and KPMG.

Greg Joerg

Berry Companies, Inc. [WICHITA, Kan.] announced the addition of Greg Joerg to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Joerg most recently owned his own consulting firm. Prior to consulting, Joerg served a combined total of 20 years at Koch Industries, Koch Business Solutions, Flint Hills Resources, and Koch Materials.

Heidrick & Struggles [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: HSII) announced that Mark R. Harris joins the firm and will succeed Richard W. Pehlke as Chief Financial Officer when Pehlke retires. Harris had been CFO at Hercules Capital. Formerly, Harris was the Senior Managing Director/Head of Asia, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Asset Management of Avenue Capital Group’s Asia funds. Earlier he had been Corporate Financial Controller at Hutchison Telecom. Previously, he had been Vice President – Finance as well as General Manager for both the Financial Shared Services and Human Resources Solutions lines of business at Vsource in Singapore.

Citrix Systems, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] (NASDQ: CTXS) announced that Andrew “Drew” Del Matto has been appointed executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Mark Coyle, who has served as Citrix’s Interim CFO since July 2017. Andrew joins Citrix from Fortinet, where he has been CFO since 2014. He also served as Symantec’s corporate treasurer and vice president of finance business operations. Prior to Symantec, he held senior finance leadership roles with Inktomi Corporation and SGI Corporation.

Universal Corporation [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: UVV) announced that David C. Moore, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company, plans to retire. The Board of Directors has named Johan C. Kroner, currently Senior Vice President, to succeed Mr. Moore as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kroner has been with the Company since 1993 and has served in numerous positions of increasing responsibilities in finance and operations, including overseas assignments in England and Italy.

Sarah Friar

Walmart Inc. [BENTONVILLE, Ark.] (NYSE: WMT) announced that it has appointed Sarah Friar, chief financial officer of Square, Inc., as a new independent director to the company’s board. Since July 2012, Friar, 45, has served as CFO of Square, Inc. Prior to that, she served as the Senior Vice President of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce. From July 2000 to April 2011, Friar served in various positions at investment banking company The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., including Managing Director in the Equity Research Division. Friar currently serves as a member of the board of directors of computer software company Slack, and at New Relic, Inc.

Valero Energy Corporation [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: VLO) announced that Michael Ciskowski has decided to retire as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Valero has appointed Donna Titzman, currently Senior Vice President and Treasurer, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Titzman was elected as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Valero in 2013. Ms. Titzman joined Valero in 1986. She held various leadership positions before being elected as Assistant Treasurer in 1997, Treasurer in 1998, and Vice President and Treasurer in 2001. She has also served as a Director and as the Chief Financial Officer of Valero Energy Partners since September 2013.

Akhil Johri

Cardinal Health [DUBLIN, Ohio] (NYSE: CAH) announced that its board of directors has elected Akhil Johri, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies, to the Cardinal Health board. In addition, Johri has been named to the board’s Audit Committee. Akhil Johri has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies since January 1, 2015. Johri returned to United Technologies after serving as Chief Financial Officer for Pall Corporation. Prior to joining Pall Corporation, Johri spent 26 years at United Technologies in various executive positions of increasing responsibility. His most recent role was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems. Before that, he led UTC’s Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis groups. Johri also had senior financial roles at UTC Fire & Security, and Carrier Corporation, including 12 years in the Asia Pacific region.

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CSII) announced that Jeff Points was named Chief Financial Officer. Points succeeds Larry Betterley as CFO. Prior to CSI, he served as Assistant Controller at Empi. Points also held various leadership positions at CliftonLarsonAllen.

FormFactor, Inc. [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NADAQ: FORM) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Michael Ludwig, has notified the company of his plans to retire.

Jim Lejeal

VictorOps [BOULDER, CO] announced the appointment of Jim Lejeal as chief financial officer. Prior to joining VictorOps, Jim served as CFO at Sphero, Inc. His other roles include CFO at Rally Software Development Corp; co-founder and CFO at Raindance Communications Inc.; corporate vice president of finance at ConferTech International; and advisor at Techstars Central LLC.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced the appointment of Anil Doradla as Chief Financial Officer. Doradla will succeed Leo Johnson, who will remain at Airgain as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Prior to Airgain, Doradla served as an Equity Research Analyst at William Blair & Company. He also previously worked with the equity research groups at Deutsche Bank and Caris & Company. Prior to working on Wall Street, he held a variety of strategic and engineering roles at SBC Labs and LCC International, Inc.

City of Hope [DUARTE, Calif.] announced the appointment Jennifer Parkhurst as the new chief financial officer. Most recently, Parkhurst served as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in San Francisco. Before joining PwC, Parkhurst was a partner at PRTM Management Consultants in Mountain View, California, and held several management roles at Eli Lilly.

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Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Rick Essex as Chief Financial Officer. Rick joins Blackboard from Survey Sampling International (SSI), where he served as CFO since 2012. Prior to joining SSI, Rick served as a Principal at Providence Equity Partners. Earlier, he held a variety of roles in private equity, investment banking and public accounting with BCI Partners, Dillon Read & Co (now UBS) and Arthur Andersen.

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (NYSE: SWX) announced that Roy Centrella, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, has announced his retirement from the company and its subsidiaries. Centrella began his career with Southwest Gas Corporation in 1983, has been Southwest’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2010, and became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in connection with our holding company reorganization in January 2017. The Company announced that Gregory Peterson will assume the duties of the Company’s principal financial officer and be promoted to Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and Southwest. Peterson began his career with Southwest in 1993, has been Southwest’s Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2010, and became the Company’s Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in January 2017.

Perion Network Ltd. [TEL AVIV & NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: PERI) announced that Ophir Yakovian has tendered his resignation as Perion’s Chief Financial Officer to pursue new professional business opportunities. Maoz Sigron, Perion’s Vice President of Finance and a senior finance executive has been appointed as Perion’s CFO. Mr. Sigron has served in various finance leadership and senior accounting, in positions at Tnuva Dairy Corporation as well as Allot Communications and Stratasys Ltd. Earlier in his career he served as a CPA with PwC.

Paul C. Schwarzkopf

Broward Health [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] has brought on Paul C. Schwarzkopf to assume the role of chief financial officer at Broward Health Medical Center. Schwarzkopf comes to Broward Health from Tenet Healthcare where he most recently served as senior director of regional finance for its Coastal Division. He began at Tenet in 1991 as CFO of the West Boca Medical Center and has also been director of regional finance for Florida. Prior to that, he was with Universal Health Services as controller of Wellington Regional Medical Center and held various positions at HCA Healthcare.

Central Logic [SANDY, Utah] announced that Brian Lanier has joined the company’s senior leadership team. Prior to National MedTrans Network, Lanier served in financial roles at AutoPoint, Service Repair Solutions, American Residential Services, and Ernst & Young.

Celmatix [NEW YORK] announced that Richard Hofbauer has joined its executive team in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Celmatix, Hofbauer was COO at Intersection, Inc., having previously served as a Partner at Control Group. Before that, he was the first employee hired at MortgageIT Holdings (MHL).

Kevin Gordon

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced the appointment of Kevin Gordon as President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Gordon served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Quintiles from 2010 to 2015. Before joining Quintiles, Mr. Gordon was Executive Vice President and CFO at Teleflex Incorporated. Mr. Gordon held various management positions with Teleflex, Package Machinery Company and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of Veracyte, Inc.

Omni-ID [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] announced that James Dole has recently retired as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and has been replaced by Mag Saba. Mag Saba joins Omni-ID from American Aerogel Corporation, where he was the Chief Financial Officer. He has held several executive roles at Bausch & Lomb Inc, including CFO positions for their Asia-Pacific, and “America’s” Divisions.

Mutualink, Inc. [WALLINGFORD, Conn.] announced Bill Leimkuhler as Chief Financial Officer. Bill joined Mutualink in November 2017 with over 30 years of experience.

David Zinsner

Micron Technology, Inc. [BOISE, Idaho] (NASDAQ: MU) announced that the company has appointed David Zinsner as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Zinsner succeeds Ernie Maddock, who is retiring from Micron. Zinsner most recently served as president and chief operating officer at Affirmed Networks. Prior to that, Zinsner was senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer for eight years at Analog Devices, and before that, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer for four years at Intersil Corp.

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that it has appointed Kirk H. Lusk as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lusk will serve as co-Chief Financial Officer with Steven Martindale, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martindale’s contract expires on April 28, 2018, and he intends to pursue financial consulting opportunities. Mr. Martindale has agreed to remain involved with the Company and has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Lusk joined the Heritage team on November 30, 2017, when the Company acquired NBIC Holdings, Inc. Mr. Lusk served as Chief Financial Officer for NBIC since January 2013. Prior to NBIC, Mr. Lusk served as International Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Alea Group Holdings Bermuda Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation Global Casualty and GE Capital Auto Warranty Services.

Shalin Shah

Corizon Health [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] announced Shalin Shah has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Shah was most recently the CFO of two prominent St. Thomas Health medical centers – Midtown and West.

iboss [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Christian G. Kasper as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining iboss, Kasper was President and CEO of Harvest Power, Inc. He has also served as CFO of several companies, including The Princeton Review, Inc.

Allen Shim

Slack [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the company is naming long-time employee Allen Shim as the company’s first CFO.

Mercury Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced that Michael D. Ruppert, Mercury’s Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, has been named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Ruppert succeeds Gerald D. Haines, who assumed the role of Mercury’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2014 after having joined the company in 2010 as head of Corporate Development. Mr. Ruppert joined Mercury in 2014 as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development.

T2 Biosystems, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TTOO) announced that John Sprague has been named chief financial officer. He replaces Darlene Deptula-Hicks, who is retiring to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Sprague was most recently the chief financial officer at Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Mr. John Sprague spent six years working in several financial positions at GE Healthcare, most recently being the chief financial officer of the US & Canada Core Imaging Division, GE Healthcare’s pharmaceutical business supplying contrast, Spect and PET imaging agents to heath care providers. Mr. John Sprague originally came to GE Healthcare through a merger with Xcellerex, Inc. where he was the chief financial officer.

Kenneth Vanden Berg

Guess & Co. Corporation [Durham, North Carolina] announced that Kenneth Vanden Berg has been named Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Guess & Co. Corporation, Mr. Vanden Berg was Senior Vice-President of Finance for an international manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics and nutritional products with locations in China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Spain and Australia. Mr. Vanden Berg began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he was a Senior Audit Manager for 15 years.

Nordstrom, Inc. [SEATTLE] announced that Anne Bramman is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She replaces Mike Koppel, who is retiring. Ms. Bramman comes to Nordstrom from Avery Dennison Corporation where she has served as Senior Vice President and CFO since 2015. She previously held the CFO position at Carnival Cruise Line and was CFO of Henri Bendel.

HBC [TORONTO & NEW YORK] (TSX: HBC) announced that the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Paul Beesley, has made the decision to resign. Mr. Beesley moved to New York to join HBC as CFO in May 2014.

Shake Shack Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SHAK) announced that Tara Comonte has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Shake Shack, Ms. Comonte served as Chief Financial & Business Affairs Officer and Executive Vice President at Getty Images, having joined in April 2013 as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Earlier in her career, Ms. Comonte served as Chief Financial Officer at McCann Worldgroup. Previously, she was a key founding member of Mediabrands, serving there as Global CFO and COO.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, Ga.] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Sean D. Goodman will join the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goodman joins the Company from Unifi, Inc., where he served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Goodman was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Americas region for Landis+Gyr, Inc., from April 2011 to January 2016. Mr. Goodman also served in various roles at The Home Depot, Inc. from February 2006 to April 2011, including Director of Strategic Business Development and Director of Finance. Before joining Home Depot, he was with Morgan Stanley, Inc.

Lumileds [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Ilan Daskal as its Chief Financial Officer.

BIOLASE, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BIOL) announced that it has accepted the resignation of recently named Chief Financial Officer Mark J. Nelson. The Company will be initiating a search for a Chief Financial Officer. Until a replacement is named, day-to-day finance responsibilities will be handled by the Company’s long-tenured Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller Brendan O’Connell.

Fourthstone LLC [ST LOUIS] has named Rob Anderson to the position of Chief Financial Officer and appointed him a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Anderson most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for PetSmart, after a stint at Save-A-Lot. Prior to Save-A-Lot, Mr. Anderson served as the Principal Accounting Officer and Executive Director of Finance for Chipotle Mexican Grill joining prior to their IPO. Mr. Anderson has also worked at Career Education Corporation as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, American InterContinental University Division and held leadership positions with McDonald’s Corporation over the 12 years he worked there.

Light Engine Design Corp. [FARMER’S BRANCH, TX] (OTC PINK: TLED) announced the appointment of Paul O. Williams as the company’s Chairman and CFO, and to the Board of Directors. Previously, Paul served five years on the Board of the Texas Economic Development Council in Austin, Texas. In addition to his new role with Light Engine Design Corp., he also currently serves as Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Bison Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Williams also currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board & Chief Financial Officer of: Dynamic Chemical Solutions, Inc., Financial Gravity Companies, Inc., Curtis Mathes, Inc., and Halo Companies, Inc. Mr. Williams currently serves as Chairman of the Board & Chief Financial Officer of Urban Vybe Holdings, Inc. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of: the Texas Revolution, Indoor Football League, and Day One Consulting, Inc., and he currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Texas Legends, NBA Development League. In addition, Mr. Williams currently serves on the Board of Directors & Executive Committee of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, and previously served as their Chairman of the Board. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The American Fallen Soldiers Project.

Lois Martin

M.A. Mortenson Company [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Lois Martin has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Martin assumes the role following the retirement of long-time CFO Sandy Sponem. Lois most recently served as executive vice president and CFO at Ceridian Corporation. Prior to her role at Ceridian, Martin held CFO roles at Capella Education Company and Deluxe Corporation.

AdvancedMD [SOUTH JORDAN, UT] announced that Greg Ayers is the company’s new chief financial officer. Ayers joins AdvancedMD after eight years at inContact.

Molina Healthcare, Inc. [LONG BEACH, Calif.] (NYSE: MOH) announced that Joseph W. White, Chief Accounting Officer, has been named Interim President and Chief Executive Officer replacing Dr. J. Mario Molina. The Board will immediately commence the search process for a permanent CEO. Mr. White has also been named Chief Financial Officer, replacing John C. Molina. Mr. White has served as Molina Healthcare’s Chief Accounting Officer since June 2003. Prior to joining Molina, Mr. White was the Chief Financial Officer of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., where he was also a member of the Board of Directors.

California Life Sciences Association [SAN FRANCISCO & SAN DIEGO] announced that Jayne McNicol has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer. Prior to joining CLSA, McNicol most recently served as Partner, Assurance Services at Ernst & Young LLP for 15 years. Prior to serving as Partner, she served in a variety of other positions of increasing responsibility in Ernst & Young LLP’s Assurance Services.

Tom Etergino

Hometeam [NEW YORK] announced that Tom Etergino will be joining as the company’s first-ever Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Etergino joins Hometeam from Refinery29, where he started in 2013. Prior to that Etergino was CFO of TheStreet, CFO/COO of eMusic.com, took AtriCure public as CFO in 2005, and spent 5 years as CAO & treasurer at DoubleClick.

SWBC [SAN ANTONIO] announced the promotion of Karen Meriwether to Chief Financial Officer. Meriwether joined SWBC in 2015 as Vice President of Internal Audit and Chief Audit Executive. Meriwether’s professional experience also includes serving as the Director of Internal Audit for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (Windstorm) and the Texas Fair Plan Insurance Association (Fair Plan). Before that, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for Argo Group.

Chris Black

Sgsco [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] has hired Chris Black as the company’s new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Black joins sgsco from Viamedia, Inc., where he served as CFO. Prior to Viamedia, Black was CFO and a member of the board of directors of Vivint, Inc. Prior to Vivint, Chris was the CFO for American Commercial Lines. Chris also held the position of vice president and treasurer at Wabash National Corporation and held several senior positions within the corporate and investment banking sector where he began his career.

CMS Energy and Consumers Energy [JACKSON, Mich.] announced that Thomas (Tom) J. Webb has been named Vice Chairman, after 15 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer where he played a vital role on the team which led CMS Energy’s financial turnaround and growth. Webb also announced plans to retire. Rejji P. Hayes, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITC Holdings, Inc. (ITC), will succeed Webb as CMS Energy and Consumers Energy Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hayes joined ITC in Novi, MI as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer in 2012 and served as Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2016. Prior to joining ITC Holdings Corp., Hayes held strategy and financial leadership roles for Exelon Corporation, Lazard Freres & Co., Banc of America Securities and Merrill Lynch.

Haresh Shah

Welbilt, Inc. [NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.] (NYSE: WBT) announced that Haresh Shah is promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Shah will assume the leadership of Welbilt’s finance organization from John Stewart, who will be retiring. Shah joined Welbilt in June 2016 as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to Welbilt, Shah was Vice President, Corporate Controller for Syniverse Technologies Inc. from 2012 to June 2016. Before Syniverse, he held various financial leadership roles at Amkor Technology, Inc. from 2008 to 2012 and Alcatel-Lucent S.A. from 2000 to 2008. From 1995 to 2000, he was an Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

BancorpSouth, Inc. [TUPELO, Miss.] (NYSE: BXS) announced John G. Copeland has joined the company as Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

Doug Hekking

USANA Health Sciences [SALT LAKE CITY] (NYSE: USNA) announced the promotion of Doug Hekking to chief financial officer. He replaces Paul Jones. Doug recently held the position of executive vice president of finance and has served the company in several management positions, including as chief financial officer between May 2011 and December 2012. He has been with the company since 1992.

Canvas Solutions [RESTON, VA] announced Ted Ridgway as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ridgway joins Canvas from Kit Check, where he was CFO/COO. He started his career as an investment banker for Salomon Brothers, Volpe Brown Whelan and Credit Suisse First Boston and has served as CFO, COO and General Manager at several companies including Radisys, Impact Displays and Credit.com.

Galaxy Gaming, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTC: GLXZ) announced that Harry C. Hagerty has joined the Company in the position of Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Mr. Hagerty will oversee Compliance, IT and Human Resources. Mr. Hagerty served as investment banker covering the gaming and lodging industries and was CFO of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. He was a founder of and currently serves as an officer and director of Sightline Payments, LLC.

PLx Pharma Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: PLXP) announced the appointment of Rita M. O’Connor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. O’Connor succeeds David Jorden, who has served as the Company’s Acting CFO since June 2015 and previously served as a PLx board member since 2005. Ms. O’Connor joins PLx from the Kent Place School, where she has served as CFO since 2013. She was previously the CFO and Chief Information Officer at Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, prior to which she was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics. Earlier in her career she held positions of increasing responsibility during an eight-year tenure at Schering-Plough Corporation. She began her career at Deloitte and Touche.

FRONTEO USA, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: FTEO) (TSE: 2158) announced the appointment of Michael Novelly as Chief Financial Officer of FRONTEO USA. Novelly comes to FRONTEO USA with nearly 30 years of experience at companies including Dolby Laboratories and Time Warner, Inc., as well as professional services firms including KPMG and Deloitte. Novelly most recently served as CFO of Gracenote.

T2 Biosystems, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] announced that Darlene Deptula-Hicks has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ms. Deptula-Hicks was most recently CFO and senior vice president at Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Pieris, Ms. Deptula-Hicks served as the CFO for a variety of biotechnology and medical device companies.

Perry Ellis International, Inc. [MIAMI] (NASDAQ: PERY) announced the appointment of David Rattner as Chief Financial Officer. David brings over 20 years of financial experience from Elizabeth Arden, most recently serving as VP Finance and Corporate Controller. CFO Anita Britt announced her retirement from the company effective March 31, 2017.

Zscaler [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of Remo Canessa to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Canessa’s 30-year career includes 11 years as CFO at Infoblox, and three years as CFO at NetScreen Technologies. He currently sits on the Board of Aerohive.

TBWA\WorldHealth [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Brian Carr to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Carr served as Chief Financial Officer for TBWA\Chiat\Day, New York. Carr first joined TBWA in 2004 as Associate Director of Finance, and in 2010, he was promoted to the position of Latin American Controller/Chief Financial Officer of TBWA Latin America. Prior to joining TBWA, Carr earned financial leadership roles at Time Warner, KPMG LLP, and Arthur Andersen LLP.

Warren Taylor

BankMobile [NEW YORK], a division of Customers Bank, named Warren Tayloras Chief Financial Officer. He will also retain his current positions of President of Customer Engagement, Chief of Staff and Head of Banking. He was previously President of the BankMobile Division of Customers Bank, Director of Consumer Lending, and EVP/President of Community Banking at Customers Bank. Prior to joining Customers Bank, he spent 20 years at Sovereign Bank, and acted as the Division President. Before Sovereign, Taylor was CEO of the first bank to sell to Sovereign.

Rocky Brands, Inc. [NELSONVILLE, Ohio] (NASDAQ: RCKY) announced that Mike Staude, who was appointed interim Chief Financial Officer on January 12, 2017, is leaving the Company effective February 17, 2017 to pursue other interests.

DATIS HR Cloud, Inc. [TAMPA, FL] announced the hire of Karen Gittens as the new Chief Financial Officer. Gittens previously held the title of CFO at CareSync. Prior to joining CareSync, Gittens held positions at Deloitte & Touche as a Public Accountant, CCS Medical as a Corporate Controller, and Pristine, LLC. as the CFO.

Hunt Consolidated, Inc. [DALLAS] announced that after 34 years of service to the company, Don Robillardis retiring as chief financial officer of the Hunt organization. Jamie Beggs will succeed Robillard as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Although Robillard is retiring, he will remain with the organization as CEO and chairman of ES Xplore, LLC. Previously, Beggs worked for Celanese Corporation where she held a number of finance and business related positions over the last 10 years, including vice president and treasurer and chief financial officer of their Materials Solutions division. After graduation, she was hired by PricewaterhouseCoopers where she became a certified public accountant and served primarily oil and gas audit clients. Subsequently, she relocated to Dallas to work for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board before joining Celanese.

WePay [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Mark H. Resnick as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as CFO and COO of Vindicia thru its acquisition by Amdocs. Previously, he served in C-level roles at Transera and Coremetrics, the latter which was acquired by IBM.

Nobilis Health Corp. [HOUSTON] (NYSE MKT: HLTH) announced the appointment of David Young as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Young served as Senior Vice President/Division CFO of St. Jude Medical Inc.’s Americas Division. Prior to St. Jude, Mr. Young served as Vice President of Finance at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Prior to his role at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Mr. Young was Vice President of Finance at Cardinal Health. Mr. Young will succeed Kenny Klein, who will remain at Nobilis in a finance leadership role focusing on the company’s Hospital Division.

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. [AURORA, Ill.] (NASDAQ: OSBC), parent company of Old Second National Bank, announced that J. Douglas Cheatham, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, will retire from the Company and the Board, effective March 15, 2017.

Emerus Holdings Inc. [HOUSTON] announced that George Attmore has been named chief financial officer. He most recently served as CFO at CareSpot Express Healthcare. Previously, he served as senior financial officer at DSI Renal Inc. Prior to that position, Attmore worked at Archon as leader for the healthcare middle market lending and investing platform. He has also held senior-level positions as a healthcare leader with GE Capital Corp. and as an accountant with Ernst & Young LLP.

Gregg Clevenger

Aspect Software [PHOENIX] announced that Gregg Clevenger has joined the company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Clevenger comes to Aspect most recently from NanoSteel. Prior to NanoSteel he was CFO of GXS Corporation. Clevenger has more than 25 years of international finance experience having served as CFO and board director of both privately held and public companies across multiple industries including telecom and technology services, cleantech, and life and materials sciences. Prior to his career as CFO, Clevenger was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Argent Group in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore.

AvidXchange [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the addition of Joel Wilhite as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Joel was the CFO at Quantros. Prior to Quantros, Joel was the Senior Vice President of Finance for BenefitFocus, and the CFO for the International division of Blackbaud. He began his career as an auditor at KPMG.

Surface Oncology [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Jeff Goater as its Chief Business Officer. He joins Surface from Voyager Therapeutics, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Voyager, he spent nearly a decade on Wall Street, most recently as a Managing Director at Evercore Partners. In addition, he brings several years of biotechnology business development leadership experience.

Fazoli’s [LEXINGTON, Ky.] announced the appointment of David Hasler as chief financial officer. Hasler spent the past 10 years in finance roles with Wal-Mart, most recently as senior director of global treasury. Prior to his 10 years at Wal-Mart, Hasler served in similar roles at The Body Shop International plc, Limited Brands and Procter & Gamble.

Zeta Global [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Jarrod Yahes as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Yahes is a former senior finance executive at EXL Service Holdings, and previously served as the CFO of Jackson Hewitt,

Glaukos Corporation [SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.] (NYSE: GKOS) announced that Joseph E. Gilliam will join the company as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development in May 2017. Mr. Gilliam will replace the company’s current Chief Financial Officer Richard Harrison, who is retiring later in 2017. Mr. Gilliam joins Glaukos from J.P. Morgan, where he was Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group and focused on the life sciences industry, including the medical technology, diagnostics and biotechnology sectors. Since 2000, Mr. Gilliam has held various positions of increasing responsibility at J.P. Morgan, Chase Manhattan and The Beacon Group, prior to these firms being combined in 2001.

Patch of Land [LOS ANGELES] hired Min Lee as CFO. Lee joins from Credit Suisse, where he was a director in the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging team.

Arrow Financial Corporation [GLENS FALLS, N.Y.] (NasdaqGS: AROW) announced that Terry R. Goodemote has indicated his intention to retire from the Company. Goodemote joined the Company in 1992 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arrow and as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arrow’s lead subsidiary, Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Richard P. Shea is stepping down from his position on the Syndax Board of Directors and is joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shea has more than 30 years of experience in a range of financial and advisory roles in the biotechnology industry, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as well as the chair of the Audit Committee of Syndax’s Board of Directors. Before being named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Momenta in July 2007, Mr. Shea served as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2003. Prior to joining Momenta, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Variagenics Inc., that was merged with Hyseq Pharmaceuticals Inc., and as Vice President, Finance of Genetics Institute, Inc., which was acquired by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was then acquired by Pfizer, Inc. Allan L. Shaw, Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.

EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EYEG) announced the promotion of Sarah Romano, Corporate Controller, who has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer. Sarah Romano joined EyeGate Pharmaceuticals as Corporate Controller in 2016. Prior to joining EyeGate, Ms. Romano served as Assistant Controller at TechTarget and Corporate Controller at Bowdoin Group. Previously, she held financial reporting positions of increasing responsibility at SoundBite Communications until its acquisition by Genesys in 2013, and was a Senior Financial Reporting Analyst at Cognex Corporation. Ms. Romano began her career as an Auditor in the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Integral Technologies, Inc. [EVANSVILLE, Ind.] (OTC: ITKG) announced the appointment of Eli Dusenbury as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Dusenbury is succeeding W. Bartlett Snell who resigned from the company at the end of his agreement. Mr. Dusenbury is currently the Controller for the Company.

Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOSTON, MA] (NASDAQ: PIRS) announced that Darlene Deptula-Hicks has submitted her resignation to pursue other interests. While the Company conducts an executive search for a permanent successor, Lance Thibault of Danforth Advisors, is assuming the role of Acting Chief Financial Officer.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. [ FORT WORTH, Texas] (NASDAQ: TLF) announced that Tina L. Castillo has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Ms. Castillo replaces Shannon L. Greene who had been serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since her appointment to those positions in May 2000. Since February 2016, Ms. Greene has also been serving as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Greene will continue in her role as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Castillo has served as TLF’s Controller since February 2016. Prior to joining TLF, Ms. Castillo has served in various senior financial leadership roles since 2009, including as Chief Financial Officer at another publicly traded company based in Fort Worth. Ms. Castillo began her career in 1994 in the audit practice group at Ernst & Young LLP.